Male fecundity stimulation: Conflict and cooperation within and between the sexes: Model analyses and coevolutionary dynamics

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-185

  Alonzo, Suzanne H ^a   Pizzari, Tommaso ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolutionary dynamics; Polyandry; Seminal fluid; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; MALE BEHAVIOR; MODEL TEST; POLYANDRY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 76249086348     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649596     Document Type: Article

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